Investigator College year 6 students and year 12 conservation and ecosystem management students recently spent two days at their Currency Creek campus undertaking fish surveys with NGT's senior aquatic ecologist, Sylvia. The enthusiastic students sampled six species of native fish, yabbies, freshwater shrimp and turtles....
Wood Engraving By Adolf Vollmy Every year in November, Facebook reminds me of perhaps the earliest documented case of a citizen science project. The story goes, that in the early morning of November 12, 1833, the sky over North America seemed to explode with falling stars....
Thanks to funding from the Victorian Government, Lisa, Ayesha, Greg, Lachie and Tom have been busy over the past three months introducing young people from around the region to values of Walker Swamp. The short term project had a focus on engaging youth aged between...
As you may have gathered from some of the other articles this month, the last four weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind, personally taking me from north to south, right across this vast continent. As well as attending the SER2023 conference in Darwin,...
Investigator College, located in the South Australian coastal town of Victor Harbor, recently held it's second annual Sustainable Futures Day The student-led event aims to provide students with inspiration, networking and practical experience in the environmental, land-care and agricultural sectors. Students representing eight South Australian...
At Warrnambool's back door, in South West Victoria, lies Kelly Swamp. When I say 'back door', I'm talking 5 mins drive, or 15 mins by bike from the CBD. It's a seemingly wild, open space and somewhere that I have been slowly discovering and exploring...
For a few days in January, Jess took part in Wattle Range Councils Coastal Connections Program running rockpool rambles at Beachport and estuary discoveries at South End, South Australia. The popular program was welcomed back after a couple of years break, with the new sessions fully...
With staff based all the way from Tassie, to Dunkeld in Vic and Victor Harbor in SA, there are plenty of interesting things going on every day. So we've decided to share some photos from the field every month, to give our readers some insights...
If you'll be around Beachport, SA this summer holidays check out Wattle Range Council's Coastal Connections program! There's a fantastic line-up of activities for all ages, including rockpool rambles and estuary discovery activities led by NGT's Jess Bourchier plus Indigenous cultural events, shorebird sessions, and...
With a lot of anticipation, back in October Lisa and I met with students from Hamilton Parklands School and Good Shepherd College at Walker Swamp for a final field trip. Since the start of the year, we have been working with students to co-develop a...
